Subchapter
X of the Vermont Air Quality & Climate Division Regulations (Regulations),
which became effective on March 31, 1995, established the requirements
for an operating permit program. The basic requirements for this program
were specified in Title V of the 1990 Federal Clean Air Act Amendments
and within regulations promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (U.S. EPA) at Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part
70. The operating permit is intended to incorporate all the applicable
air pollution requirements a facility is subject to and incorporate reasonable
measures to ensure compliance with those requirements. Activities subject
to the operating permit program were required to submit an administratively
complete operating permit application by March 31, 1996. New sources subject
to the operating permit requirements must submit their application within
12 months of becoming subject to the requirements of Subchapter X of the
Regulations. Whereas construction permits are good for the life
of the project (provided no modifications are made), the operating permit
must be renewed every five years to incorporate any new requirements that
may have been adopted in the interim.

Large
sources of air contaminants [50 tons per year (tpy) of
VOCs or 100 tpy of any other air contaminant] or major sources
of federal hazardous air pollutants [10 tpy of any individual
HAP or 25 tpy total HAPs] are classified as "Title V subject sources"
and are subject to the full provisions of Title V of the 1990 Federal
Clean Air Act Amendments and the regulations promulgated there under,
including U.S. EPA oversight of the operating permit. See Subchapter
X of the Vermont
Air Quality & Climate Division Regulations for
more information. For each Title V facility below, the Agency maintains
a notification list of people interested in being notified of the issuance
of draft, proposed and final permits. If you would like to
be added to the permit notification list for a specific facility please
email Doug
Elliottdoug.elliott@
state.vt.us the following
information: the facility you
are interested in, your full name, company affiliation (optional),
either your mailing address or email address, and your telephone number
(optional).